ABSTRACT
Many of the design problems encountered by human factors professionals involve electronic visual displays. Although modern human factors training often covers the psychophysical, perceptual and cognitive aspects of information display, education about display hardware — which is often needed to understand and solve display design problems and work productively with display engineers — is rare. This problem is exacerbated by the fact that most of the literature on display hardware is written for engineers and many aspects of the field are evolving quickly. This entry summarizes the major human factors parameters that are relevant to electronic visual displays, explains the principles of operation for the display technologies of greatest importance today and describes their characteristics insofar as they affect visual performance, and discusses the most common types of display systems that incorporate these technologies.
